#be

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #anything #because #doing #done

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#hit #i #influence #interested #jaws

Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#best #false #goal #measure #own

But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#bit #change #disturbing #find #fixed

But it's like the horror of being in a studio with a blank canvas. I used to always run out of ideas because there are so many possibilities and I would just think, well what am I going to do now! ↗

— Damien Hirst

#am #because #being #blank #blank canvas

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#any #artist #aware #been #before

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist. ↗

— Novalis

#artist #belongs #his #work

I think I like big issues, but I don't believe in God or religion. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#big #god #i #i think #issues

I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#afraid #always #been #beginning #form

I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#everyone #i #i think #important #lack